Adjustable angular bracket means for sun visors



1948- J; P. GROBOSKI ETAL 2,447,246

ADJUSTABLE ANGULAR BRACKET MEANS, FOR SUN VISORS Filed June 18, 1947 gimme Patented Aug. 17, 1948 1 ADJUSTABLE ANGUITAR BRACKET MEANS FOR SUN VISORS Y 4 John P. Groboski, River Forest, and Joseph G.

Groboski, Qhicago, IIL

Application June is, 1947, Serial No. 755,418

Our invention relates to vehicle shade brackets and angular adjustment means therefor.

An object of our invention is to provide a vehicle shade bracket, which may be attached to the top of any modern type automobile without making a hole in or otherwise damaging thesaid car top; this is accomplished by attaching the bracket with screws to the rain gutter of the car which,in most cars, runs in a line parallel with the roof of the car.

A further object of our invention is to provide an adjustment means for the car shade which will also be adjustably attached by a screw to the rain gutter of the car.

A still further object of our invention is to provide, in the visor-holding bracket, a number of 'holes into one of which may be set the adjustment means in order toprovide a greater range of adjustability.

Other objects and advantages inherent in our invention will become readily apparent from the ensuing description and the accompanyingdrawings, in which like parts are designated by like numerals, and in which:

Fig. 1 represents a side view of a portion of a car top including the windshield, and showing our invention attached, thereto with a car visor shown in phantom lines.

Fig. 2 shows a cross-sectional View taken substanti-ally on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 represents a cross-sectional View taken substantially on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the illustrations, our invention is generally designated 1 and consists of an elongated support bracket 8 which is attached to the bottom side of the car shade 9. The bracket 8 is U shaped in cross section and tapers from its outer end to its rear end wherein a hole I is drilled, through which a bolt ll, together with washers l3 and lock nut it, hold pivotably a bracket id. The fastening bracket I4 is arcuately bent at l5 to conform to the rounded side of the car top 18 and its lower end I6 is further bent semicircularly to encompass the curved section of the rain gutter l1, which is, in most cars, located along the edge of the car roof in a line configurative with the top of the car and extending downwardly to the lower edge of the windshield.

' Two holes 22 are drilled and tapped in the top side of the semicircular portion Hi to hold two screws IS; the ends 24 of the screws l9 being pointed to give locking bearing against the inside surface of the rain gutter I1. Since the semicircular curve [6 of bracket l4 encompasses the rain gutter l1 and the arcuately bent portion l5 bears against the curved surface I8 of the top of 1 Claim. (Cl. 296-95) the car, tightening of the screws l9 will afford a. firm and immovable seating and locating attachment for the bracket M to the top I8 of the car.

Bracket I4 is preferably located at the point on the car top where it bends downward to join the windshield, but may be adjustably set at any convenient place along the rain gutter H.

The adjustable means of our invention consists of a companion bracket 20, shaped semicircularly, to encompass the rain gutter I! and fastened thereto by the conical tip 25 of the screw 2|. The companion bracket 20 is tapped at 23 to receive the screw 2|, making available a resting knee H to bear against the side of the windshield.

The top ear 12 of the'bracket 20 has a drilled hole- 26, which supports the threaded portion 21 of the bent end 28 of a rod 29. The end 28 is formed outwardly at 39 to provide a shoulder which together with washer 3 l and lock nut 32 pivotably holds the rod 29 to the bracket 20. The top of the rod 29 is bent at 33 forming a Z shape to the rod and it is threaded at 35. A number of holes 34 are drilled through the visor holding bracket 8 and, into one of these holes, the end 33 of the rod 29 is pivoted and held by washer 36 and lock nut 31. V

The car shade bracket I4 is attached to the top of a car 8 by placing the curved part of bracket I 4 against the curving edge of the car top so that the rounded end I6 fits over the rain gutter l1, the screws l9 are subsequently tightened. Similarly, the bracket 20 is placed over the rain gutter l1 and its screw 2| is tightened at whatever point on the rain gutter I! that is desirable.

It may be seen by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 that, by adjusting the bracket 20 at various points along the rain gutter IT, a diiferent angle will be given to the bracket 8 and its visor 9 which are pivoted to the bracket I4. To afiord an even greater range of angular movement for the bracket 8, the rod 29 may be set into any one of a number of the aforementioned holes 34 pro vided in the bracket 8.

Although there is herein shown and described preferred embodiments of our. invention, it. is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be resorted to without departing from the scope and spirit of our invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described and disclosed our invention, what we claim as novel, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

Sun visor adjustable support means comprising, stationary support bracket means securable ends articulately secured to the said companion bracket means, its other end being secured .at one of the drilled openings in the saidsun visor bracket means.

JOHN P. GROBOSKI. JOSEPH G. GROBOSKI;

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Simon June 2, 1931 Simon Jan. 19, 1932 Peckat 'Nov. 21, 1939 Sharp Aug. 19, 1941 Atkinson Nov. 23, 1943 

